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Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey will be the three Mexican cities among the 16 cities that will host the 2026 World Cup, FIFA announced on Thursday.
That year's World Cup would be held for the first time simultaneously in three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The United States will have 11 of the 16 cities participating in the World Cup, Mexico will have three cities, and Canada will have two.
Mexico will achieve a new record, becoming the first country to host the World Cup three times (1970, 1986, 2026).
In total, 22 cities have applied to host World Cup matches.
“It was very difficult. All the cities [candidatas] FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “They did a great job, but we had to make a choice.”
The headquarters in Mexico will be:
- Mexico City
- Guadalajara
- Monterey
The US headquarters will be located in:
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- Angels
- Kansas City
- Dallas
- atlanta
- Houston
- Boston
- Philadelphia
- Miami
- New York/New Jersey
FIFA has not announced the stadiums in which the opening and final matches of the 2026 World Cup will be held, something about which there have been great expectations since the announcement that there will be three host countries.
“We will take our time in making this decision,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said. The choice of the 16 cities, according to Infantino, is due to FIFA’s desire “to ensure that fans do not have to travel much, so that everyone can have a great experience.”
The Qatar 2022 Championship, which will start on November 21, will be the last World Cup tournament in the current system of 32 teams. After playing three matches in the group stage, the two teams with the best results in each group will qualify for the round of 16.
It is expected that starting from the 2026 World Cup, in which 48 teams will participate, there will be changes in the classification system. Although FIFA has not yet provided information on this matter.
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